TheOneRing.net staffers got together in the new TORn Video Chatroom and put together a fun little contest entry, but only the most popular video will win! Head over to the Facebook contest page and vote for some fellow Ringers with the video “One Group To Rule Them All.” The prize is a new Macbook Air which will help TORn continue doing weekly shows and the various convention presentations. Thanks for the support, and keep a look out for more exciting video chats soon! Vote!
Category: Events
US Gandalf kicks off his tour across America at TORn’s annual Bagginses’ Birthday Bash in Los Angeles on Saturday,
September 24. Come on down and meet our honored VIP guest before he embarks on a grand journey to the homes of fans across the country. You can RSVP to the party by emailing Garfeimao@TheOneRing.net or on our Facebook event page and letting us know what you might like to bring (this is a potluck party).
Please be prepared to eat like a Hobbit, to get to know many of your fellow fans, to play games and listen to music and enjoy our Tolkien Fellowship. The Facebook page has links to directions on how to find our location at Griffith Park and a list of items people have already signed up to bring, and a list of what still needs to be brought. This event is always a highlight on the local Tolkien fan calendar in LA and will make an annual guest out of you, I’m quite sure.
For more information about the Gandalf tour, please see http://gandalfworldtour.com/ where the tour is described and his future exploits will be published. Fans across the country have been signing up to host Gandalf, so many that hosting Gandalf moots has become necessary in larger cities. We are still looking to decide who among So Cal fandom will be taking Gandalf home with them. Preferably we would love to find someone who will be traveling up to the Bay Area or Sacramento area in the next few weeks. If you find that you are able to attend our little shindig this Saturday and that you are planning a North bound trip in the next few weeks, please contact us and let us know. [Facebook Event Page] [Gandalf World Tour]
Magpie writes: I just got this email from a Tolkien acquaintance on staff at Wheaton College.
“Greetings one and all!
Today marks the beginning of Tolkien Week, and I hope you enjoy every last minute of it. If you haven’t heard, Wheaton College has started a student club (that actually includes Faculty and Staff as well) called the Wheaton College Tolkien Society! It will be a joy to celebrate Tolkien Week and Hobbit Day with that group of people this year.And if you want to vicariously partake in some Tolkien Week activities, I’ll be on WETNWheaton College Radio this Tuesday morning (September 20) sometime between 8:30am and 9am. Tune in and join in the fun! I’ll be plugging Tolkien Week, Hobbit Day, and the WCTS.PS – Some of you on this list might be new to the whole “Tolkien Week” thing. Explanation here:
http://www.
Twizel is in the south island of New Zealand, located between two mountain ranges the grassy fields was used for the Battle of the Pelennor Fields in the Lord of The Rings trilogy.
From Oamaru Mail comes this update regarding the casting call times:
From Hobbit looking for local extras
A search to find extras for The Hobbit film will be held in Oamaru next weekend.
Organisers will be at the Oamaru Opera House’s Empire Room on Sunday, September 25 from 10am to 1pm for the casting call.
Filming is expected to take place in the Twizel region in late November and December.
Calling all costumed LOTR fans who want to share their hard work, dedication and love of LOTR on TV. We need you! In conjunction with the LOTR Concert Tour next month, promoters are looking for some cool costumes to showcase on local TV stations.
If you are interested and have a really cool LOTR costume you’d like to showcase, and live in the following areas San Diego, Phoenix, Sacramento & Fresno. Drop me a line at xoanon@theonering.net. See you on the small screen!
Ringer Spy Kookie sends us this tidbit: The Otago Daily News is reporting that the The Hobbit team is on the lookout for extras again. This time, production company 3foot7 is advertising for 200 extras — to fill the roles of “townspeople” and elves — for filming the Twizel region of New Zealand in late November and December.
According to the article, the requirement for “townspeople” (by which we extrapolate to mean the people of Laketown and the surrounding area) is for men and women aged between 30 and 80 years with interesting character faces — men with beards. “All shapes, sizes and ethnicities welcome,” the studio said. For elves: people aged between 17 and 35 with a height of more than 168cm.
The casting calls will take place at the Wanaka St John training rooms on September 23; Twizel Events Centre and Tekapo Community Hall on September 24; and Oamaru Opera House Empire Room on September 25.